The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-09
NEWS BRIEFS,
Minor Matters Hot from the Telegraph
Wires, a.. ~. ...H

MAuoE ulhtteES Aot from the Telegraph
Wires.
Herr Most gets one year and $500.
All the ocean steamer lines have raised
the price o! steerage passage.
A special from sEewartsville, Mo-, states
that the SteTartsvills bank OF Buck K
McCroskey, wea closed yesterday.
The Kissane, alias Rogers prosecution
for forgery in New York was quashed
yesterday, being outlawed by the statute
Of limitation.
Heavy rains are reported throughout
southern Texas during the pact forty
eight houra, breaking the drouth and
gaving the wheat crops.
In the best informed circles the situs.
tion arising fron the reinforcement of
Russian troops in Poland is not regarded
as portending immediate danger.
Chriatian Deaning, well known An
archist Of Chicago. who has been g,ieving
over tho death Of Spies and his fellow
revolutionists, committed suicide by hang.
ing. -.zf5
AFort Worth, Tex, epccial says: AT.
ter months of watching and pursuit. the
ring leaders of the famous Brooking gang
OF thieves and train robbe.s were las.
night landed in jsil.
The reports from the Calumet and Hecls
copper mines are more eorious than was
at first believed, and the flooding Of the
mines will be resorted to. The mines will
be utterly unproductive for at least twelve
months.
The hearing OF the Inter State Com
merce Commission OF the 'carload lot'
cases, in which business men in all parts
Of the country ore msnifestipg considera.
bio intersst, has besn postponed until
January "a.
Edward NJ. Watson, the attorney sent
from Washington to assist Diatrict Attor.
ney Burnet in the Harper trial, died gu /.
denly last evening, at the residence Of Dr..
kempar, at Cincinnati, from the rupture
Of blood vessel.
Papera are being prepared for suit
against the Pennsylvania Railroad for
Ella 600 by Hsldship & Irwin, oil II fiuers
Of Pittsburgh. Tho firm slleges that tho
Pennsylvania Rsilrcad has unjustly dis
criminsted against them.
The New York Herald's correspondent
at Wolverhampton, England, cables an
interview with Rev. Charles A. Barry in
regard to the call 10 Plymouth church.
Mr.. Berry says hs has not yet decided
whether to accept the call or not.
Elmer E. Wood. manager Of the Cauan-
daigua, N. Y, Electric Light company,
was killed by electric shock in that vii.
lago. He noticed that m electric lamp
on tho street was not burning brightly
and attempted TO fix the carbon in it.
The wool growers and dealers in confer
ence at Washington yesterday adopted a
series Of resolutions declaring unjust the
present classification Of wool by the rail-
reads OF the country, and directing that
they be urgently requested to remedy this.
Lou Murray, who has been on trisl at
Buffalo, MINI, charged with enticing
Mics May Sylvester into house OF assig-
nation in Minneapolis, and trying to as.
sault her, was found guilty and sentenced
to len years. imprisonment at hard labor.
Verona Jarbeau, the popular actress,
saved q child's life at Pittsburgh by
bravaly springing before a locomotive and
snatching the child away just in time 10
prevent its being run over. Mics Jarbsau
was herself knocked down, but escaped
injury.
The outgoing Kansas City, St. 10 &
Council Bluffs passenger train was run
into by freight train at Percival, aud
two tramps on the freight train killed.
Other reporta state thai the freight engine
went almost through the sleeper and one
PASSENGER WAS killed and about twenty
injured.
Doherty, OF Philadelphia, who sho ot
Graham, Of Rochester, q !iltlo over week
ago, was yeuterday arraigned at London.
and charged with murder. It Is alleged
that Doherty had loaned money toGrahsm
at cards, and when the latter demanded
payment Doherty procured his revolver
and shot him. g55 TEl
Tho latest information from Tahlequa,
Indian Territory, is that the patience Of
the Downingparty having become exhaust
I'd waiting for the Senate to count and dc.
clare the vote OF tho late election for Chief
and Aeaistant Chief OF tho nation, they
swore in Judge Mays as Chi.i, and Sam
Smith as Assistant Chief, and then con.
ducted them to the executive oth o, where
the late Chief, Bushyheed was apprised
of the situation and requested to peacea-
bly, vacate, which he did,. '.&555 3E
A coal famine has been prevailing
through the entire western part Of KsnsaI
for some time. Railroad companies shiy
coal through from Colorado, but aeldou
can they be induced 10 drop of a load ii
the western part Of the State. One nigh
last week farmers captured trsin OF con
cars end took what they wanted. An
other mob Of settlers took In charge On
other train last night, end filled thei
wagone. They left their names an
n money for what they took and told To
t1sin hands that the railroad compan
could arrest them,